Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These could include new image galleries for various films or important updates to upcoming releases from various smaller studios and art house production companies.

• Press Release: Rooftop Films Announces World Premiere of “Thanksgiving”
• Press Release: AFI Docs Announces Festival Winners
• Press Release: Chicken & Eg Pictures Announces Grants for 23 Films
• Press Release: “Video Games: The Movie” Opening on Various Platforms in July
• Press Release: Participant Media and Porject on Government Oversight Demand Greater Accountability from U.S. Justice System
• Press Release: NewFest Announces Lineup

Press Release: Rooftop Films Announces World Premiere of “Thanksgiving”

Rooftop Films Presents the World Premiere of Adam Newport-Berra’s THANKSGIVING on Thursday, July 3rd

Featuring LIVE Performance by Reggie Watts

(New York, NY | June 24, 2014) Rooftop Films is proud to present the World Premiere of Adam Newport-Berra’s solo directorial debut, THANKSGIVING. This special night will feature a performance from internationally renowned musician/comedian Reggie Watts (who also has a role in the film), a Q&A with director Adam Newport-Berra, as well as an after party sponsored by New Amsterdam Vodka & Gin.

The film follows Alex and Amy, a young couple celebrating Thanksgiving with their chic bohemian friends in their idyllic Brooklyn apartment, and the existential conundrums that arise when Amy’s brother Will arrives unexpectedly and throws their feast into a tizzy, questioning what it is we’re truly “thankful” for.

“Rooftop Films is proud to be presenting such an impressive feature film debut by a talented new director,” says Rooftop Films program director Dan Nuxoll. “Adam Newport-Berra has displayed his considerable talents as a cinematographer on dozens of feature-length and short film projects over the last several years, and with Thanksgiving he shows that he has a gift for storytelling and for working with actors as well. THANKSGIVING is a nuanced and thoughtful film about young love and jealousy, and we are excited to have the opportunity to introduce it to our audiences this summer.”

Film Details:
Thursday, July 3rd
8:00PM Doors Open
8:30 PM Live Musical Performance from Reggie Watts
9:00PM Film Begins
10:30PM Q&A with filmmaker Adam Newport-Berra
11:30PM After Party sponsored by New Amsterdam Vodka & Gin

Venue: On the roof and in the courtyard of Industry City: 220 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232

THANKSGIVING (Adam Newport-Barra | 72 min.) Passing a joint around a Thanksgiving feast each guest recites what they are most thankful for; success, friendship, beginnings, endings, and, most importantly, love. Amy–a young, flailing Brooklynite–is most thankful for the unexpected presence of her brother Will, but this sentiment is not shared by her devoted partner Alex.

Alex is the antithesis of Will. Alex has a day job, while Will makes ends meet. Alex dresses with precision, while Will’s beard hangs in defiance. Will’s brooding manner at the party suggests a predator stalking prey; circling, taunting, quietly calling into question the lives the guests have chosen to lead as they indulge on this traditional day of American gluttony. With nowhere else to go, Will spends the night, adding to the simmering tension between Alex and Amy.

A post-holiday hiking tradition sends Alex and Will into the wilds of upstate New York, the chasm between the two widening with each exchange. While in the woods they seem to lose their way among the intersecting paths – they search, looking for something to guide them – a waterfall, a birdwatcher, mutual understanding. Following a heated exchange atop a small mountain, Will reveals his true nature.

In this film, New York based director Adam Newport-Berra creates a lush, sullen mood of a claustrophobic urban landscape. Soft, welcoming apartment interiors, the charge of wobbly drunken nights, and the inherent closeness of the city are placed in opposition to the sweeping, stark beauty of an opposing natural world. The film deftly portrays a new generation of conflicted Millennials balancing their insatiable desire for immediate excitement with the inherent need for a calm lasting shelter. Do you prefer to make house or do you prefer to make experiences?

Preceded by the short film

MANICURE (Stephanie Ahn | New York, NY | 10 min.)

A young man is paid an unexpected visit on the morning of his mother’s funeral.

Press Release: AFI Docs Announces Festival Winners

AFI DOCS ANNOUNCE FESTIVAL AWARD WINNERS:

Best Feature goes to AN HONEST LIAR and Best Short goes to BEYOND RECOGNITION: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF A FACE TRANSPLANT

Sen. Barbara Boxer, Actor Hal Holbrook, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Olympian Greg Louganis Were Among Participants and Guests

Washington, DC, June 23, 2014 – AFI DOCS announced today its distinguished Audience Award winners, culminating a five day celebration of documentaries in the Washington, DC area. This year’s Audience Award for Best Feature went to AN HONEST LIAR directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom. The film tells the story of James “The Amazing” Randi, who has been mastering the art of illusion and sleight of hand for over half a century. To him, the craft of professional deception is meant to entertain and thrill audiences who understand they are seeing sophisticated trickery. When he sees magicians’ tricks of the trade being used by con artists like faith healers and psychics to bilk the masses, however, Randi dedicates himself to exposing the frauds for what they are.

This year’s Audience Award for Best Short went to BEYOND RECOGNITION: THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF A FACE TRANSPLANT, directed by Sam Thonis, which follows a woman undergoing a highly experimental face transplant after a brutal attack left her with devastating chemical burns all over her body. Receiving the visage of an anonymous donor whose life was cut short, she has a profound experience when she meets the daughter of the woman who gave her a second chance at life.

“Congratulations to AN HONEST LIAR and BEYOND RECOGNITION for winning over audiences with their remarkable stories,” said Christine O’Malley, Festival Director. “We would like to thank all of the filmmakers who traveled from far and wide for making this year’s AFI DOCS an extraordinary one.”

Several policymakers participated in festival events including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada; Sen. Barbara Boxer of California; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York; and Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts; South African Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool and Francois Rivasseau, Deputy Head of the EU Delegation to the United States. Over 100 filmmakers from 29 countries attended including Academy®Award-winners Alex Gibney and Ross Kauffman as well as Academy®Award-nominees Joe Berlinger, Marshall Curry and James Spione. Film subjects included legendary actor Hal Holbrooke, beloved puppeteer Caroll Spinney (best known as Big Bird), Olympic gold-medalist Greg Louganis and many more.

AT&T is the presenting sponsor of AFI DOCS 2014. American Airlines is the official airline of AFI and a proud sponsor of the festival. The Washington Post is proud to be a major media sponsor. Additional major sponsors include ABC News, Center for Public Broadcasting, Stephanie and Hunter Hunt and Stella Artois.

Press Release: Chicken & Eg Pictures Announces Grants for 23 Films

CHICKEN & EGG PICTURES ANNOUNCES ROUND OF FOLLOW-UP GRANTS FOR 23 FILMS

Announces Open Call for Films Focused on Women & Girls On Screen, In Honor of the Organization’s Forthcoming 10th Anniversary

NEW YORK (Tuesday, June 24) – Chicken & Egg Pictures today announced 23 feature-length documentary films that will receive follow-up grants, providing critical support at key stages.

These films, from the United States and across the globe, are directed by both emerging and veteran filmmakers. Many will premiere at film festivals in the coming year. To date, the organization has awarded over $3.3 million in grants to over 160 film projects and has provided over 5,000 hours of mentorship directly to filmmakers.

The films include The Return, from Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway, the documentary about a historic shift in criminal sentencing and mass incarceration that was featured at Good Pitch in New York last week. Two film grantees in this round, Dawn Porter’s Trapped and Ramona Diaz’s The Bill are among the organization’s award-winning series of films focused on reproductive health and justice, which has been heralded by Mother Jones magazine. Prior grantees Alessandra Zeka and Holen Sabrina Kahn recently celebrated the world premiere of another film in the cohort, A Quiet Inquisition, at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in New York, one of seven Chicken & Egg Pictures grantees at the acclaimed festival.

Chicken & Egg Pictures is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to supporting women nonfiction filmmakers whose diverse voices and dynamic storytelling have the power to catalyze change, at home and around the globe. Founded in 2005 by award-winning filmmakers and producers Julie Parker Benello, Wendy Ettinger, and Judith Helfand, Chicken & Egg Pictures matches strategically timed grants with creative mentorship to help filmmakers at critical phases — from development and production through distribution and engagement. The organization has offices in Brooklyn and San Francisco.

As the only nonprofit film fund devoted solely to supporting women documentary directors, Chicken & Egg Pictures strives to transform the landscape of nonfiction filmmaking and the world at large by putting funds directly into the hands of women filmmakers, matching money with strategic mentorship and concurrently funding festivals and field-building organizations such as AFI Docs, DOC NYC, Good Pitch, New Orleans International Film Festival, SXSW, True/False, and Working Films.

In addition to these follow-up grants announced today, the organization has announced its 2014 Open Call for grants for new projects. The deadline for 2014 grant applications is July 1.

“In anticipation of Chicken & Egg Pictures’ upcoming 10th anniversary, we are prioritizing projects that feature women and girls on screen as prominent characters and storytellers,” said Executive Director Jenni Wolfson. “We look forward to discovering new voices that continue to address the global justice, human rights, and environmental issues of our time — with women and girls at the center.”

GRANTS

Among the Believers (Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Naqvi)

Since Pakistan’s founding, secular and fundamentalist forces have been at war in the country. A watershed moment takes place when Maulana Aziz, cleric of Pakistan’s most radical Islamic seminary, the Red Mosque, declares war on the government. The government retaliates by destroying his seminary. The film follows the fearsome yet very human Aziz on a quest to create an Islamic utopia in the country, fueling a split between secular and Islamist camps. The film also charts the coming-of-age stories of two of his students in the madrassa. Talha, 12, detaches himself from his moderate Muslim family to train as a jihadi preacher. Zarina, also 12, escapes the madrassa and joins a secular school, hoping to become a doctor. But her poverty forces her to drop out and get married. Talha and Zarina personify the hard choices between extremism and poverty that many young Pakistanis are forced to make today.

The Babushkas of Chernobyl (Holly Morris and Anne Bogart)

The Babushkas of Chernobyl is the story of a small group of old women who live in Chernobyl’s radioactive “Exclusion Zone.” For 28 years they have survived ‐ and even, oddly ‐ thrived on some of the most contaminated land on Earth. Why they refused evacuation after the 1986 disaster, defying authorities and seriously endangering their health, is remarkable story ‐ about the pull of home, the healing power of shaping one’s destiny and the subjective nature of risk. “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” is a documentary that offers a character‐driven, human perspective on contemporary global issues, including: nuclear power, post‐environmental disaster scenarios, women’s issues and relocation trauma.

Baltimore in Black and White (Mary Posatko and Emily Topper)

One night in 1972, a murder rocked a Baltimore family. Years later, Emily Topper returns to the city, seeking closure for a crime that has haunted her family over 40 years—and uncovers complex issues of race and class in the process.

The Bill (Ramona Diaz)

The Bill is set in the Philippines, one of the world’s poorest and most populous countries, and its struggles with reproductive health policy. The Reproductive Health Bill guarantees access to contraception, maternal care, and sex education in schools. In a country where 85% of the population is Catholic, there is unrelenting opposition from the formidable Church. Nowhere are the stakes more starkly apparent than in Fabella Memorial Hospital, one of the busiest maternity public hospitals in the world. The film intercuts between the legislature and Fabella Hospital – contrasting the sluggish pace of policy development, as lawmakers parse the language of the RH Bill, and the rampant speed of childbirth, as the hospital’s whiteboard tracks the day’s deliveries. The story is told by the legislators, the patients, and the hospital workers through a combination of immersive scenes of the hospital and footage of the Senate hearings.

The Blind Cinema Club (Jennifer Redfearn)

In the heart of Havana, an enigmatic city infused with vibrant art, world-class music, and vivid displays of faith, we find an unusual story depicting the fiery Cuban spirit. Every month, scores of blind people meet to watch Cuban films accompanied by detailed audio descriptions. Tickets costs 4 cents and the films play in a gold and red 1950s theater. Among the filmgoers are three intriguing women: Lis, a flamenco singer who uses music and Santería rituals to overcome a spiritual crisis; Milly, a young woman who has survived three near-death experiences and fights for independence from her parents; and Margarita, a former member of the all-blind militia who seeks companionship after losing her husband and best friend. The film begins at the cinema club with an historical film about women’s liberation. We then follow the novelesque personal stories of our heroines in depth over three years, returning to the cinema club when the movies reflect their own lives.

Driving with Selvi (Elisa Paloschi)

Driving with Selvi follows the inspiring story of Selvi, South India’s first female taxi driver, over a 9-year period as she takes control of the steering wheel and her own life during a courageous transformation from abused child bride to empowered working mother.

In the Middle (Lorena Luciano)

Risking their lives by crossing the unforgiving waters of the Mediterranean Sea dividing Italy from Africa, two Arab families reach the Italian shores. One of them is shattered by a deadly shipwreck in the same waters they’d hoped would rescript their lives. The other is transferred to a small, impoverished town where the local Mayor is caught in between the mounting frustration of the refugees and a largely inert central government. In the Middle portrays the collision between two worlds unfolding in a remote Italian island, epicenter of a struggling economy that has little to offer the newcomers.

MATCH+: Love in the Time of HIV (Ann Kim and Priya Giri Desai)

How do you find love and marriage when you are HIV-positive in India, where marriage is a must but HIV/AIDS is unspeakable? Dr. Suniti Solomon might hold the answer. In 1986, she discovered HIV in India. Without affordable drugs then, all she could do was console her patients. Now, with India producing generic medications, her patients live longer – and face the pressure to marry. They look to Dr. Solomon as their secret matchmaker. MATCH+ interweaves Dr. Solomon’s unconventional journey with the lives of two patients: Karthik, a reticent bachelor, and Manu, a bubbly, professional woman infected by her first husband. Like other Indian matchmakers, Dr. Solomon matches by the religion, education, and income; but she also matches by viral loads and the disease’s progression. The film unfolds as a surprising love story, culminating in marriage for Karthik and Manu, and a portrait of love in the time of HIV.

Mudflow (Cynthia Wade and Sasha Friedlander)

Mudflow is the story of a giant, spewing, hot toxic mudflow in Indonesia, believed to be caused by poorly executed natural gas drilling. This eruption is one of the largest man-made disasters of recent times, yet relatively unknown beyond Indonesia. The mud volcano has been erupting violently for more than eight years, swallowing schools, villages and factories. It has permanently displaced 60,000 people and international scientists believe the mudflow will continue for another 20 years.

The Return (Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway)

In 2012, California voters amended the state’s Three Strikes Law – one of the harshest criminal sentencing laws in the nation. The landmark passage of Proposition 36 constituted the first time in history U.S. citizens voted to shorten sentences of the currently incarcerated. Within days, the reintegration of thousands of “lifers” – men and women once expecting to die in prison – was underway. THE RETURN weaves together a handful of close-to-the-bone narratives of characters on the front lines of this unprecedented shift: prisoners suddenly freed, families turned upside down, attorneys and judges wrestling with an untested law and reentry providers negotiating unfathomable transitions. Taken together, this constellation of stories yields an illuminating meta-narrative of an unfolding and historic reform, exploring what it can teach a nation reckoning with mass incarceration.

Speed Sisters (Amber Fares)

The Middle East’s first all-women motor racing team has come together in Palestine. Against a backdrop of political upheaval, Speed Sisters offers a surprising look into what it takes to go further and faster than imagined. Intimate and action-filled, Speed Sisters, captures the drive to follow your dreams against all odds, leaving in its trail shattered stereotypes about gender and the Arab world.

(T)ERROR (Lyric Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe)

(T)ERROR is the first film to document an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation, featuring unprecedented, real-time access to the investigation’s central players. The film captures the dramatic aftermath that occurs when the target of the investigation realizes he is being set up by an FBI informant. Interweaving this story with a penetrating look at the government’s broader counterterrorism campaign the film aims to demystify the nature of America’s terrorist threat, and to illuminate the political and ethical complexities of our country’s quest to protect the homeland.

They Are All My Brothers (Nicole Opper)

Sixteen-year-old Juan Carlos ran away from an abusive home and lived on the streets of Mexico City for years before landing at IPODERAC, a unique group home for 72 boys in rural Puebla. Over the course of one year, in the care of his new family, we witness him transform into an independent young leader and prepare to return to Mexico City to offer his father forgiveness for the abuse he endured as a child.

Trapped (Dawn Porter)

At least half of American women will experience an unintended pregnancy by the age of 45. 4 in 10 unwanted pregnancies are terminated by abortion. What would happen if access to care for these cases completely disappeared? Trapped follows the progress of two Southern reproductive health clinics, capturing their struggles as they continue to provide care in the face of an increasingly hostile legal and political climate. The stakes are high for all women, but poor and minority women are facing a particularly harsh reality. Unable to afford to travel, when local clinics close it is those who have the least who suffer the most.

MENTORSHIP & TRAVEL GRANTS

Always in Season (Jacqueline Olive)

Always in Season examines the lingering impact of a century of lynching African-Americans while featuring three communities where relatives of the perpetrators and victims are working towards healing. In Laurens, SC, Rev. David Kennedy fights to close a store that sells KKK robes and neo-Nazi knick-knacks right in the middle of downtown and a mile from where his great-uncle was lynched. Meanwhile, in Monroe, GA, a diverse group of amateur actors reenact the 1946 lynching of two black couples in the very spot where the violence happened. They work to ensure that the nation never forgets the victims and any perpetrators still living are brought to justice. In Duluth, MN, Warren Read recently learned of his great-grandfather’s instigating role in the 1920 lynching of three innocent men and meets with other relatives of the perpetrators and victims to uncover long-held family secrets of the violence as they try to reconcile.

Catching the Sun (Shalini Kantayya)

In a city where oil spills, ecological red-alerts, and poverty are commonplace, Catching the Sun asks the hard questions of how a clean energy economy may actually be built, through the stories of unemployed American workers seeking to retool at a solar power jobs training program in Richmond, California. Over the course of a solar training program and subsequent search for jobs, Catching the Sun explores the hope and heartbreak of unemployed American workers pursuing jobs in the clean energy economy. Through interwoven character dramas, Catching the Sun illuminates the promises and challenges facing this emerging industry. Catching the Sun tells the story of environmental transformation from the perspective of workers who may build a solution with their own hands, and their successes, failures, and challenges speak to one of the biggest questions of our time: will America actually be able to build a clean energy economy?

Cocaine Prison (Violeta Ayala)

From inside one of Bolivia’s most notorious prisons a cocaine worker, a drug mule, and his younger sister reveal the country’s relationship with cocaine. Cocaine Prison bridges the ever-widening gap between the North and the South and brings a new perspective to the War on Drugs as it is waged in the Andes.

Democrats (Camilla Nielsson)

An historic project has been underway in Zimbabwe. For the past four years, the opposition has tried to wrest powers from the 90-year-old dictator Robert Mugabe, and lead the country into a modern democracy, not through violence, but through democratic means by writing the country’s new constitution. Democrats is filed inside the political engine room of the constitutional reform process, and depicts how a democratic struggle against dictatorship plays out in practice. The opposition party is fighting for human rights and the separation of powers, while the ruling party wants to keep Mugabe and his horror regime intact. In the film, we follow the two top politicians, from respectively the opposition and the ruling parties, as they lead their country through the constitution making process. They are political enemies, but united in their struggle for political success.

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four (Deborah Esquenazi)

Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four documents the painful reality of how homophobia, “junk science,” and the Satanic ritual abuse panic of the late 1980s and early 1990s created a frenzy of pressure to punish four innocent gay women. Three of these women were sentenced to 15 years in prison while the fourth woman was sentenced to 37 years behind bars. The film also explores the long, tedious, yet dramatic process required in Texas to exonerate falsely convicted innocents.

Sonita Means a Traveling Swallow (Rokhsareh Ghammaghami)

Sonita is an 18 year-old undocumented female Afghan immigrant who lives in Iran. She has formed a rap group with friends as an outlet for their problems, while her family plans to marry her off for 6,000 USD.

When Buddha Comes to Africa (Nicole Schafer)

A glimpse into the complex relationship between China and Africa through the story of a Malawian teenager growing up in a Chinese Buddhist orphanage and a Buddhist monk on a mission to save orphans and spread his faith in Africa.

When Two Worlds Collide (Heidi Brandenburg and Matthew Orzel)

When Two Worlds Collide is about a young indigenous leader who resists the environmental ruin of Amazonian lands by big business. Forced into exile and facing life in prison, his quest reveals conflicting visions shaping the fate of the Amazon and the climate future of our world.

Yula’s Dream (Hanna Polak)

An extraordinary, thirteen-year journey about Yula growing up in one of the world’s bleakest places – Moscow’s garbage dump “svalka” – and her dream of getting out one day, of having a family and a normal happy life. Yula’s Dream is a coming-of-age story, both literal and metaphoric; a story of one’s blazing desire for love and healing the fever of rejection.

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Films that have received funding and mentorship support from Chicken & Egg Pictures include: Freeheld by Cynthia Wade (Academy Award® winner, Best Documentary Short Subject, 2008) and Saving Face by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge (Academy Award® winner, Best Documentary Short Subject, 2012); The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement by Gail Dolgin and Robin Fryday, and Kings Point, by Sari Gilman (both Academy Award® nominees); Semper Fi: Always Faithful by Rachel Libert and Tony Hardmon (Ridenhour Prize, 2012, Emmy 2013 nominee); Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry by Alison Klayman (Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival, 2012 and Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, 2012); Call Me Kuchu by Katherine Fairfax-Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall (Teddy Award, Berlin Film Festival, 2012); and Brooklyn Castle by Katie Dellamaggiore (NAACP Image Awards 2013 nominee).

Press Release: “Video Games: The Movie” Opening on Various Platforms in July

VARIANCE FILMS PRESSES START ON VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE OPENING IN THEATERS, ON DEMAND, AND ON iTUNES THIS JULY

Zach Braff-produced documentary chronicles the history and future of the cultural phenomenon of video games

New York, NY – June 17, 2014 – Variance Films, a division of Amplify, has acquired distribution rights for the documentary feature VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE. The film will be released theatrically in the United States and Canada starting July 18th, and available on iTunes and other digital platforms starting July 15th.

From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. Narrated by Sean Astin and featuring in-depth interviews with the godfathers who started it all, the icons of game design, and the geek gurus who are leading us into the future, VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE is a celebration of gaming from Atari to Xbox and an eye-opening look at what lies ahead.

“Everyone loves a great video game, but in recent years, they’ve evolved into something way beyond what any of us who grew up playing an 8-bit system could imagine,” said Dylan Marchetti of Variance Films. “But regardless of whether you’re up gaming until 3 a.m. or haven’t played a video game in decades, there’s something for you in this film, and we think audiences will be delighted.”

“Games are a part of the human experience and permeate our culture now more than ever before,” said director Jeremy Snead. “I’m thrilled that my film will expose the world to a never-before-told story of the men and women who built this industry as well as what it has become and what it will continue to evolve into, and I’m thrilled to be partnering with Variance to bring it out to the world.”

VIDEO GAMES: THE MOVIE was directed by Jeremy Snead, executive produced by Zach Braff, and produced by Cliff Bleszinski (aka CliffyB), and Jeremy Snead. The film features interviews with Zach Braff, Chris Hardwick, Wil Wheaton, Nolan Bushnell, Hideo Kojima, Cliff Bleszinski, and Alison Haislip. Narrated by Sean Astin.

Press Release: Participant Media and Porject on Government Oversight Demand Greater Accountability from U.S. Justice System

PARTICIPANT MEDIA AND PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT JOIN TO DEMAND GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE U.S. JUSTICE SYSTEM, INSPIRED BY THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ

@_Participant’s @InternetsOwnBoy doc joins with @POGOblog to ask for better oversight in US Justice System

Los Angeles, CA (June 27, 2014) – Participant Media, the global entertainment company dedicated to entertainment that inspires social change, today announced the launch of a social advocacy campaign, in collaboration with the Project on Government Oversight, around key issues in the company’s new documentary, The Internet’s Own Boy, encouraging audiences to demand better oversight in the U.S. justice system.

Timed to the June 27th theatrical and video-on-demand release of The Internet’s Own Boy, and hosted at takepart.com/iob, the campaign will include a petition to lawmakers for better oversight of attorney and prosecutorial misconduct, sponsored by the Project on Government Oversight, as well as a ‘Donate a Tweet’ campaign, timed to the anniversary of Aaron’s indictment on July 14, 2014, asking Department of Justice officials to watch the film and respond with public comment.

Participant will also host educational events and screenings of The Internet’s Own Boy for the legal community, and the company is working with partners to develop a curriculum for law schools to closely study Aaron’s case.

Participant Media’s EVP of Social Action and Advocacy, Chad Boettcher, commented, “How our government prosecutes citizens is at the core of our civil liberties and civil rights. Using Aaron’s story, we want the film’s social action campaign to drive discussion about prosecutorial overreach within the legal community, educate law students about the topic, and provide advocacy options for those looking for change.”

In theaters and available on-demand on June 27th, The Internet’s Own Boy tells the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic Internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the Internet. Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing, combined with his aggressive approach to information access, ensnared him in a two-year legal battle that ended with Aaron taking his own life at the age of 26.

The Internet’s Own Boy first premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival before screening at the SXSW Film Festival and as the opening night selection at the Hot Docs Film Festival. It was directed, written and produced by Brian Knappenberger (We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists), executive produced by Charles Annenberg Weingarten, and John Dragonetti composed the score. This film is not rated and runs 105 minutes.

Sign the petition, donate a tweet, and find more information on The Internet’s Own Boy at takepart.com/iob.

Participant Media is a global entertainment company founded in 2004 by Jeff Skoll to focus on feature film, television, publishing and digital content that inspires social change. Participant’s more than 50 films include GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, SYRIANA, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, FOOD, INC., WAITING FOR ‘SUPERMAN’, THE HELP, CONTAGION and LINCOLN. Through its films, social action campaigns, digital network TakePart.com and Pivot, its new television network for Millennials, Participant seeks to entertain, encourage and empower every individual to take action.

Press Release: NewFest Announces Lineup

NewFest in Partnership with Outfest and the Film Society of Lincoln Center Announce Lineup for NewFest 2014, the New York LGBT Film Festival July 24-29

Karim Aïnouz’s FUTURO BEACH is the Opening Night presentation, with Bruce LaBruce’s GERONTOPHILIA slated for closing night

Additional festival highlights include the New York premieres of LILTING, starring Ben Whishaw; BLACKBIRD, starring Mo’Nique and Isaiah Washington; JAMIE MARKS IS DEAD, starring Judy Greer, Liv Tyler, and Cameron Monaghan; and LYLE, starring Gaby Hoffmann; among many others

New York, NY (June 27, 2014) – NewFest, New York’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film Festival announced the complete feature film lineup for its 26th edition (July 24-29). NewFest is an annual showcase of the best of LGBT cinema, featuring works from renowned filmmakers as well as exciting discoveries. With a lineup of 16 narrative and five documentary features, this year’s group of films continues to carry out the festival’s mission of supporting diverse film communities and voices from around the world.

Lesli Klainberg, Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Executive Director said, “This marks the fourth year of having NewFest at the Film Society and we couldn’t be happier to continue our collaboration with Outfest. LGBT films and filmmakers are a vital part of cinema worldwide, and we are thrilled to offer this showcase on our screens each year.”

“In the year following spectacular LGBT civil rights advances across the country, the dynamic and fresh slate of 2014 NewFest films decisively demonstrates that artists and storytellers lead the charge in creating social change,” said Kristin Pepe (KP), Outfest’s Director of Programming.

Kicking off the 2014 festival is the New York City Premiere of Karim Aïnouz’s Futuro Beach, a visually stunning, emotionally resonant tale about three Brazilian men struggling across oceans of love, loss, and heartache. Closing out the festival is the New York premiere of Bruce LaBruce’s highly anticipated Gerontophila, a profound comedy about a handsome teen who refuses to feel shame about his unquenchable appetite for older men.

Among the many other highlights from the 2014 feature lineup are Stephan Haupt’s The Circle (winner of the Teddy Award at the 2014 Berlinale); Hong Khaou’s Lilting (a Sundance 2014 selection starring Ben Whishaw); Patrik-Ian Polk’s Blackbird (starring Mo’Nique and Isaiah Washington); Carter Smith’s Jamie Marks is Dead (a Sundance 2014 selection starring Cameron Monaghan, Judy Greer, and Liv Tyler); Sophie Hyde’s 52 Tuesdays (Sundance 2014, Berlinale 2014); and the world premiere of Kate Kunath’s We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite (a timely documentary about Brooklyn’s oldest gay bar).

NewFest’s presenting sponsor is HBO and its supporting sponsor is Visit Baltimore.

Tickets for NewFest will go on sale Thursday, July 10. A pre-sale to members of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and NewFest begins on Tuesday, July 1. Opening and Closing Night tickets, which include a pre-reception and after-party as well as the screening, are $45; $40 for Film Society and NewFest members. For all other screenings, tickets are $13; $9 for students and seniors (62+); $8 for Film Society and NewFest members. Visit www.FilmLinc.com for details as well as complete film festival information.

Films, Description & Schedule

Screenings will take place at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, 165 W. 65th St., New York, NY 10023 (between Broadway and Amsterdam), unless otherwise noted.

Opening Night

Futuro Beach

Karim Aïnouz, Brazil/Germany, 2013, DCP, 106m

German and Portuguese with English subtitles

When Brazilian lifeguard Donato fails to save a swimmer from drowning, he seeks out the victim’s friend Konrad, a handsome German biker. The two men begin a passionate affair, and Donato soon decides to follow Konrad to Berlin. Years later, their seemingly peaceful life is threatened by a visitor from Donato’s past. Director Karim Aïnouz (Madame Satã) delivers a visually stunning, emotionally resonant tale about three men struggling across oceans of love, loss, and heartache. A Strand Releasing release.

July 24, 7:00pm (preceded by Achievement Award presentation)

Closing Night

NY Premiere

Gerontophilia

Bruce LaBruce, Canada, 2013, DCP, 81m

Lake refuses to feel shame about his unquenchable appetite for older men. The handsome teen defiantly signs up as an orderly at a local nursing home and quickly falls for Mr. Peabody, a charming, flirtatious soul with one last wish. Forget everything you know about filmmaker Bruce LaBruce: in what is easily his most romantic work to date, he dares us to look beyond fetish to embrace the beauty of all stages of life.

July 29, 7:00pm (Q&A with Bruce LaBruce)

NY Premiere

Age of Consent

Todd Verow & Charles Lum, USA, 2014, HDCAM, 88m

The history of the HOIST, London’s first and only gay sex fetish bar, follows the cultural evolution of gay life and sex in modern London through AIDS, gentrification, and the ongoing political struggle to decriminalize homosexual activity in the UK.

July 26, 11:30pm

Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy

Andrea James, USA, 2013, 78m

In his hilarious new performance film, 2014 Outfest Fusion Achievement Award Winner and gifted comedian Alec Mapa (Switched at Birth)—accompanied by his family—takes his audience on a roller-coaster ride through the challenges and occasional triumphs of becoming a daddy. You’ll laugh and even cry as “America’s Gaysian Sweetheart” mixes life stories with his signature brand of sass. Contains adult language and catastrophic waffles.

July 27, 5:00pm (Q&A with Andrea James)

NY Premiere

Blackbird

Patrik-Ian Polk, USA, 2013, 102m

A high-school senior named Randy (newcomer Julian Walker) and his band of queer friends fight for a life outside the constrictions of their small Southern Baptist town. Blackbird’s a powerful film, co-starring Academy Award winner Mo’Nique (Precious) and Isaiah Washington (Blue Caprice) as Randy’s conflicted parents, in which friends—black, white, straight, gay, and all things in between—discover firsthand both the rewards and consequences of growing up as outsiders.

July 25, 9:30pm (Q&A with Patrik-Ian Polk)

NY Premiere

Boys

Mischa Kamp, The Netherlands, 2014, DCP, 78m

Dutch with English subtitles

After making it onto the track team, 15-year-old Sieger instantly grows close to fellow runner Marc. Sieger, dealing with family troubles, and Marc, outgoing and engaging, fall in love over the course of a summer spent running, swimming, and stealing kisses in the forest. But Sieger must weigh how his widowed father feels against the joy and freedom he finds in Marc’s arms in this adorable romance.

July 24, 10:00pm

NY Premiere

The Circle

Stefan Haupt, Switzerland, 2014, DCP, 101m

German with English subtitles

A Teddy Award winner at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, The Circle captures an extraordinary romance set against the backdrop of Switzerland’s thriving post-WWII underground gay movement. Director Stefan Haupt has fashioned a gorgeous hybrid of a film, uncovering a vibrant love story between a singer and schoolteacher who bravely defied the constraining laws of their era.

July 26, 10:30am

Cupcakes*

Eytan Fox, 2013, Israel, DCP, 90m

Hebrew with English subtitles

During their annual get-together to watch the kitschy Universong competition, one of a sextet of friends is nursing a broken heart. The other five spontaneously compose and perform a song to cheer her up, which leads to a viral video that transforms these six nonprofessionals into Universong competitors. As colorful and infectious as a pop song, the latest from Eytan Fox (Yossi) is a delirious sugar rush of a comedy.

*July 28, 7:00pm (Screening at the JCC, 344 Amsterdam Avenue)

NY Premiere

Dual

Nejc Gazvoda, Slovenia/Croatia/Denmark, 2013, DCP, 102m

English, Slovenian, and Danish with English subtitles

Iben, a free-spirited Danish woman, gets stuck in Slovenia overnight when her connecting flight gets canceled. She asks Tina, a young lesbian minivan driver, to show her around Ljubljana. Both women are at a crossroads: Tina has a big interview for a bank job in the morning, and Iben is harboring a dark secret. Romantic feelings slowly build between them, and they hatch a plan to run away together.

July 27, 12:00pm

NY Premiere

52 Tuesdays

Sophie Hyde, Australia, 2013, DCP, 114m

Sixteen-year-old Billie (played by Australian rising star Tilda Cobham-Hervey) is blindsided by the news that her mother is planning to transition from female to male and that, during this time, Billie will live at her father’s house. Billie and her mother, now called James, agree to meet every Tuesday during their year apart. As James undergoes changes and becomes less emotionally available, Billie covertly explores her own identity and sexuality with two older schoolmates, testing the limits of her own power, desire, and independence. A Kino Lorber Release.

July 24, 4:00pm

The Foxy Merkins

Madeleine Olnek, USA, 2013, DCP, 81m

Margaret is a down-on-her-luck lesbian hooker-in-training. She meets Jo, a beautiful, self-assured grifter who’s a pro at picking up women, even though she considers herself a card-carrying hetero. The duo hits the streets, encountering bargain-hunting housewives, double-dealing conservatives, husky-voiced seductresses, shopaholic swingers, as well as a mumbling erotic-accessory salesman (Alex Karpovsky of Girls). Writer-director Madeleine Olnek (Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same) melds her singular brand of comedy with the buddy-film genre to pay homage to and riff on iconic male-hustler films.

July 25, 7:00pm (Q&A with Madeleine Olnek)

NY Premiere

I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives of Wakefield Poole*

Jim Tushinski, USA, 2013, 90m

Wakefield Poole was a respected Broadway choreographer and ballet star until he rocked the mainstream world by becoming a groundbreaking hardcore gay filmmaker during the tumultuous 1970s. At the time, anyone making what the government considered pornography was at risk of prosecution. Poole challenged the system with his iconic Boys in the Sand, becoming famous for the defiant artistry he instilled in dozens of sexually explicit works, whose impact forever changed adult film.

*July 28, 9:00pm (Screening at the JCC, 344 Amsterdam Avenue)

NY Premiere

I Am Happiness on Earth

Julián Hernández, Mexico, 2013, 115m

Spanish with English subtitles

Julián Hernández, one of Mexico’s premier queer filmmakers (Raging Sun, Raging Sky), returns with this tale of a film director struggling with the line between his sexually charged reality and equally arousing cinematic creations. Will Emiliano be able to sustain his relationship, or will his lust for beauty and meaning lead him elsewhere? Furious couplings between gorgeous men include an exhilaratingly explicit play-within-a-play. Hernández’s boldly poetic romance compares with such films as Fellini’s 8½, Godard’s Contempt, and others exploring the connections between love, sex, creativity, and filmmaking.

July 26, 9:00pm

NY Premiere

Jamie Marks Is Dead

Carter Smith, USA, 2014, DCP, 100m

When the ghost of bullied teenager Jamie Marks (Noah Silver) appears to Adam (Cameron Monaghan), the straitlaced track star becomes caught between two worlds. Despite a budding romance with Gracie (Morgan Saylor), who found Jamie’s body, Adam is fascinated by the sexy spirit, who leads him into a ghostly underworld. Also featuring Judy Greer and Liv Tyler, this supernatural-horror love story—a Sundance gem—delivers a poetic tale of sexuality and the tough choices it creates.

July 28, 9:30pm (Q&A with Carter Smith)

NY Premiere

Lilting

Hong Khaou, UK, 2013, DCP, 86m

English and Mandarin with English subtitles

The sudden death of Kai, a young London man, leaves his Chinese Cambodian mother Junn (Pei-pei Cheng) and his boyfriend Richard (Ben Whishaw) profoundly grieving. Feeling a strong sense of responsibility for Kai’s only family member, Richard reaches out to her. Though Junn speaks little English, her dislike of Richard is plain, and she responds with stony resistance. Since they share no common language, Richard hires a translator to facilitate communication, and the two improbable relatives attempt to reach across a chasm of misunderstanding through their memories of Kai. Writer-director Hong Khaou’s moving and intimate debut dances between the real and imaginary to express the unspeakable loss that both characters experience. Boasting delicate performances by both Whishaw and Cheng, this Sundance award-winner is a perceptive meditation on the connection between two human souls, revealing that what separates us can also bind us together. A Strand Releasing release.

July 27, 7:30pm

NY Premiere

Lyle

Stewart Thorndike, USA, 2014, DCP, 65m

Lyle, Stewart Thorndike’s sinister ode to Rosemary’s Baby, finds the perfect mom-to-be in Gaby Hoffmann. Her electrifying performance as Leah, a pregnant lesbian confronted by an unspeakable evil, brings out a primal terror that’s difficult to shake. With dark humor and razor-sharp camerawork, Thorndike takes audiences into a growing nightmare as Leah begins to question the motives of her partner, friends, and neighbors.

July 28, 7:00pm (Q&A with Stewart Thorndike)

NY Premiere

The Third One

Rodrigo Guerrero, Argentina, 2013, DCP, 70m

Spanish with English subtitles

An attractive older couple stumbles upon a flirtatious young man in a chat room and, after teasing some skin, convinces him to come over to their apartment for dinner. With fumbling honesty and no shortage of sexiness, The Third One celebrates the awkwardness and euphoria of a one-night stand gone right, culminating in an explicit, 10-minute threesome that’s as erotic as it is playful.

July 29, 9:30pm (Q&A with Rodrigo Guerrero)

NY Premiere

Tiger Orange

Wade Gasque, USA, 2014, HDCAM, 76m

Two estranged gay brothers attempt to make amends in Wade Gasque’s charming small-town drama. Set against the sun-kissed fields of Central California, and anchored by strong performances from Mark Strano and porn-star-turned-leading-man Frankie Valenti (aka Johnny Hazzard), Tiger Orange pits two diametric opposites against each other—the closeted introvert versus the out-and-proud hunk. The result is a blunt, playful meditation on queer sibling rivalry and the childhood bonds that force us together.

July 26, 6:30pm (Q&A with Wade Gasque)

NY Premiere

The Way He Looks

Daniel Ribeiro, Brazil, 2014, DCP, 96m

Portuguese with English subtitles

Set to the bouncy beats of Belle and Sebastian, this euphoric, sun-kissed coming-of-age fable—a sensation at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, where it won a Teddy Award and FIPRESCI prize—dances entirely to its own tune. Stuck fending off bullies and over-protective parents, Leonardo spends his days allowing his best friend Giovana to drag him around town. Being blind has always been an inconvenience for Leonardo, but his angsty adolescence gets a lift when the handsome and smooth-talking Gabriel turns down numerous offers from ogling girls to hang with Leonardo after school. The longer they spend together, the more apparent their shared attraction becomes—not just to them but to a spurned Giovana as well. As social pressure mounts on both to fit within their confined social boxes, the two must decide whether to ignore their feelings or to throw caution to the wind and admit that they might actually be falling in love. A Strand Releasing release.

July 29, 4:30pm (Q&A with Daniel Ribeiro)

World Premiere

We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite

Kate Kunath, USA, 2014, DCP, 70m

When Brooklyn’s oldest black gay bar, the Starlite Lounge, is faced with eviction, the community decides to fight back. Will they be able to save this pre-Stonewall safe haven? Or is gentrification unstoppable? Kate Kunath’s timely portrait of a community banding together to preserve their culture and history is a stirring must-see.

July 25, 4:30pm (Q&A with Kate Kunath)

NY Premiere

What It Was

Daniel Armando, USA, 2013, 85m

In Daniel Armando’s multilayered film, Adina, a successful Latina actress, returns to New York in the aftermath of her sister’s death and her marriage’s collapse. Unable to face her mother, she finds herself in a fog, drifting through the days. Memories dissolve into the present as she tumbles through a series of intense, complex connections with a sexy, butch body artist, a young college student, and a former girlfriend. With confident directing, assured performances, and intuitive editing and cinematography, What It Was masterfully conveys the emotional textures of Adina’s waking dream of a life.

July 26, 4:00pm (Q&A with Daniel Armando)

SHORTS PROGRAMS

“Hustle (With My Muscle)”

Hustle: to force (someone) to move hurriedly or unceremoniously in a specified direction. This shorts program examines the formal properties of the hustle. From transgender icon Bambi Lake to famed Parisian cat burglar Irma Vep (by way of Zackary Drucker), sweaty boys in jockstraps and grungy hipsters playing phallic drinking games to good ol’ Lily Tomlin, “Hustle (With My Muscle)” eyes life in the fast, cheap, and out-of-control lane.

July 27, 9:30pm

James: Portrait Series

Jonesy, USA, 2013, 2m

A brief and intimate two-channel portrait study in grainy video.

Dirty Boots

Adam Baran, USA, 2014, 6m

A cheat sheet of seminal queer porn reference points, Baran’s first foray into music videos—for Holopaw’s “Dirty Boots (He Don’t)”—is a musky concoction, an electric and eclectic fuck fest.

Sticks & Stones

Silas Howard, USA, 2013, 9m

A portrait of Bambi Lake, a legendary and notorious San Francisco transgender performer, who takes us on a stroll down Polk Street, sharing anecdotes about her song “Golden Age of Hustlers,” written about her time as a street hustler in the mid ’70s.

Deep

Vanessa Roveto, USA, 2014, 6m

Last year’s NewFest audience favorite Vanessa Roveto returns with another monologue, recounting a new erotic brush with lesbian stardom.

Conversations

Heather Cassils, USA, 2014, 3m

Assembled from archival clips and performance documents, Conversations is an ode to the carefully constructed image of Peter Berlin, phone sex, and cock.

Big Bad Straw

Aimee Goguen, USA, 2013, 2m

“I don’t think it will, Aimee. I don’t think our lungs are strong enough.”

Irma Vep, the last breath

Michelle Handelman, 2013, 30m

Underworld ringleader and ill-famed cat burglar Irma Vep (played by Zachary Drucker) considers her life’s accomplishments and consequences on a neon-tubed therapist’s couch—strutting, mugging, evading the question…

My Most Handsome Monster

Madsen Minax, USA, 2014, 13m

Carnality takes on a whole new meaning in Minax’s excruciating psychodrama that hyperbolizes the S&M contract and its discontents.

Interstitial Instagram Greenroom Videos

Jibz Cameron, 2013-14, 10 seconds each

“Fame. I’m gonna live forever.”

NewFest Shorts Program 1:

From love in the barrio to Pride Day in Naples, from a gay rapper in New Jersey to a German-Bolivian Mennonite, this program of shorts explores the diversity of LGBT lives.

July 26, 1:30pm

Barrio Boy

Dennis Shinners, USA, 2013, 8m

A Latino barber secretly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a haircut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn hood.

Code Academy

Nisha Ganatra, USA, 2014, 16m

In the future, girls and boys are separated until the age of 18 and can only interact in virtual spaces. For one awkward teen girl, the virtual world is more liberating than expected.

Who Do You Think You Are

Marie Loustalot, France/Germany, 2013, 9m

French with English subtitles

Arnaud, a trans man, is taken aback when his ex-girlfriend doesn’t recognize him.

Home from the Gym

Robert Hawk, USA, 2014, 6m

A young man returns from the gym, alone.

Luigi and Vincenzo

Giuseppe Bucci, Italy, 2013, 4m

Italian with English subtitles

Long-time clandestine partners Luigi and Vincenzo journey through Pride Day in Naples and are forced to face a harsh reality of their lives.

Cakes da Killa

Ja’Tovia Gary, USA, 2014, 13m

Cakes da Killa is a young up-and-coming rapper who also happens to be an out and proud gay man.

Be Here Nowish – Episode 2

Alexandra Roxo, USA, 2014, 7m

A girl gets way more than she bargained for when her one-night stand refuses to leave and throws a party.

Unicorn

Rodrigo Bellott, Bolivia, 2013, 30m

Spanish with English subtitles

A young German-Bolivian Mennonite risks his life to escape his strict religious community to find love and freedom in the city.

NewFest Shorts Program 2:

The breadth of the LGBT experience is further revealed through the stories of a 92-year-old transgendered WWII vet, a widowed Swedish author, a teenage lesbian in the American South, and more.

July 27, 2:30pm

Disaster Preparedness

Melissa Finell, USA, 2014, 15m

Hunkered down in their apartment when a hurricane hits, a couple deals with the crossroads of commitment, disaster, and the art of being prepared.

A Last Farewell

Casper Andreas, Sweden, 2013, 13m

Swedish with English subtitles

Haunted by visions of his late husband, and in conflict with his daughter who is trying to renew ties between them, an aging author tackles the impossible task of moving on and finding peace in the wake of a devastating loss.

Flying Solo: A Transgender Widow Fights Discrimination

Leslie Von Pless, USA, 2013, 8m

At 92, Robina Asti, a WWII veteran and pilot, tells her story of living as a transgender woman since 1976 and her fight to be treated like any other widow.

Best

William Oldroyd, UK, 2013, 3m

With a man’s wedding just minutes away, he and his best friend confront their future.

A One Year Lease

Brian Bolster, USA, 2014, 11m

Told almost entirely through voicemail messages, a couple must endure a yearlong sentence with their overbearing cat-loving landlady.

Aban + Khorshid

Darwin Serink, USA, 2013, 15m

Farsi with English subtitles

Inspired by true events, Aban & Khorshid is an intimate portrait of two lovers, glimpsing into the world in which they met, moments before they face the ultimate punishment for being gay.

Alone with People

Drew Van Steenbergen, USA, 2014, 29m

A high-school girl from the South seeks the help of a therapist to come out to her family and friends in this hilarious and touching coming-of-age tale.

Public Screening Schedule

Screening Venue (unless otherwise noted):
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Walter Reade Theater,

165 West 65th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam

Thursday, July 24
4:00PM 52 Tuesdays (114m)
7:00PM Futuro Beach (106m)
10:00PM Boys (78m)

Friday, July 25
4:30PM We Came to Sweat: The Legend of Starlite (70m)
7:00PM The Foxy Merkins (81m)
9:30PM Blackbird (102m)

Saturday, July 26
10:30AM The Circle (101m)
1:30PM Shorts Program #1 (93m)
4:00PM What It Was (85m)
9:00PM I Am Happiness on Earth (115m)
11:30PM Age of Consent (88m)

Sunday, July 27
12:00PM Dual (102m)
2:30PM Shorts Program #2 (94m)
5:00PM Alec Mapa: Baby Daddy (78m)
9:30PM “Hustle (With My Muscle)” (72m)

Monday, July 28
7:00PM Cupcakes (90m) **Screening at JCC**
9:00PM I Always Said Yes: The Many Lives of Wakefield Poole (90m) **Screening at JCC**
9:30PM Jamie Marks Is Dead (100m)

Tuesday, July 29
4:30PM The Way He Looks (96m)
7:00PM Gerontophilia (81m)